Middle School French invites students to learn French on a voyage of discovery. On this trip, they will read and write comics, visit the doctor, go to a winter resort, visit a wax museum and a cave, play with adaptive technology and visit architectural monuments. Students are invited to bring along their passions and a curiosity for things they have yet to discover. Passion and curiosity are like two walking sticks: you can walk without them, but having them makes the journey easier and more enjoyable.
Understandings for Languages
Learn a language. Encompass the world. Expand your mind!
Understanding for FRE 7
I learn French better when I learn in French.
Essential Questions
What am I learning when I learn in French?
What am I passionate about? What am I curious about?
PROGRAM CONTENT
AIM for critical fluency (September)
• practice the high frequency vocabulary needed to survive in the classroom without using English
• a play (Salut mon ami! or Veux-tu danser?)
• present a family photo (review singular possessive adjectives)
Unit 1. Galaxie virtuelle (October)
• speak about favourite activities and video games
• create a comic strip for the end of a story
• adverbs (peu, assez, beaucoup, trop), conjunctions (et, mais, parce que), the imperative, the present of irregular verbs avoir, être, aller, faire
• use a dictionary to understand a text
Unit 2. Le rythme de la vie (November)
• create an instrument from every-day objects and describe how to make it
• write a song and create a rhythm
• use the imperative, the present of irregular verbs vouloir, pouvoir
• listen to sounds in order to understand a text
Unit 3. Les bons et les méchants (December)
• speak and discuss good and bad microbes and their functions
• design an imaginary microbe
• use qualifying adjectives which precede a noun, the irregular verb devoir, plural possessive adjectives
• use visual clues which accompany a text
Unit 5. Destinations d’hiver (January)
• speak about favourite destinations and winter sports in Canada and overseas
• discover how people have fun in winter
• write a postcard from a winter destination
• irregular adjectives and demonstrative adjectives
• use words in the same family to discover the meaning of a new word
Reading Units (February - March)
Unit 4. Au musée de cire and Unit 7. Une aventure souterraine
Unit 6. Un monde pour tout le monde (April)
• discover technology available for people who live with different abilities
• learn about people with invisible disabilities
• use the futur proche, questions using inversion, à, de in contractions
• find cognates with English to understand a text better
Vivre le français (May)
• practice functioning in French in a simulated village
• contexts for practice to be determined by the class
EVALUATION
Term : 80% of year
Oral Knowledge 30% (pronunciation, listening, structural comprehension)
Oral Communication 20% (speaking, listening comprehension, presentations, improvisations)
Written Knowledge 30% (grammar and vocabulary knowledge)
Written Communication 20% (compositions, reading comprehension)
Final : 20% of year
listening comprehension, dictation, oral interview, written exam
Expectations
Students are expected to:
• speak French to teacher and to classmates at all times
• bring textbook, workbook, binder and dictionary to every class
• refer to wiki course calendar on a regular basis and especially when absent
• expose themselves to as much French as possible: radio, TV, newspapers/magazines, internet, DVDs
• maintain an organized binder with the following sections: Références: reference pages, thematic lists, personal vocabulary journal Unités: grammar notes, exercises, activities, and other practice Évaluations: corrected tests and quizzes, and other assignments Verbes: notes, practice pages, verb exercises Culture: Allons-y magazines, readings, songs, recipes, etc.
STUDENT RESOURCES
• On y va 1: textbook, workbook
• French/English Dictionary
• Allons-y magazine (each student has a subscription; magazines distributed in class)
• http://www.quia.com/pages/fre7.html : games and drills for individual reinforcement, posted by teachers from our department.
• Jeunesse en action: student DVD distributed in class, word list, play
Thinking Ahead
• what would you like to accomplish in French by June 2010 (other than an excellent mark in FRE 7)? How will you know you’ve got there?
FRE 7 – Grade 7 Core French
Description
Middle School French invites students to learn French on a voyage of discovery. On this trip, they will read and write comics, visit the doctor, go to a winter resort, visit a wax museum and a cave, play with adaptive technology and visit architectural monuments. Students are invited to bring along their passions and a curiosity for things they have yet to discover. Passion and curiosity are like two walking sticks: you can walk without them, but having them makes the journey easier and more enjoyable.Understandings for Languages
Learn a language. Encompass the world. Expand your mind!Understanding for FRE 7
I learn French better when I learn in French.Essential Questions
What am I learning when I learn in French?What am I passionate about? What am I curious about?
PROGRAM CONTENT
AIM for critical fluency (September)• practice the high frequency vocabulary needed to survive in the classroom without using English
• a play (Salut mon ami! or Veux-tu danser?)
• present a family photo (review singular possessive adjectives)
Unit 1. Galaxie virtuelle (October)
• speak about favourite activities and video games
• create a comic strip for the end of a story
• adverbs (peu, assez, beaucoup, trop), conjunctions (et, mais, parce que), the imperative, the present of irregular verbs avoir, être, aller, faire
• use a dictionary to understand a text
Unit 2. Le rythme de la vie (November)
• create an instrument from every-day objects and describe how to make it
• write a song and create a rhythm
• use the imperative, the present of irregular verbs vouloir, pouvoir
• listen to sounds in order to understand a text
Unit 3. Les bons et les méchants (December)
• speak and discuss good and bad microbes and their functions
• design an imaginary microbe
• use qualifying adjectives which precede a noun, the irregular verb devoir, plural possessive adjectives
• use visual clues which accompany a text
Unit 5. Destinations d’hiver (January)
• speak about favourite destinations and winter sports in Canada and overseas
• discover how people have fun in winter
• write a postcard from a winter destination
• irregular adjectives and demonstrative adjectives
• use words in the same family to discover the meaning of a new word
Reading Units (February - March)
Unit 4. Au musée de cire and Unit 7. Une aventure souterraine
Unit 6. Un monde pour tout le monde (April)
• discover technology available for people who live with different abilities
• learn about people with invisible disabilities
• use the futur proche, questions using inversion, à, de in contractions
• find cognates with English to understand a text better
Vivre le français (May)
• practice functioning in French in a simulated village
• contexts for practice to be determined by the class
EVALUATION
Term : 80% of year
Oral Knowledge 30% (pronunciation, listening, structural comprehension)Oral Communication 20% (speaking, listening comprehension, presentations, improvisations)
Written Knowledge 30% (grammar and vocabulary knowledge)
Written Communication 20% (compositions, reading comprehension)
Final : 20% of year
listening comprehension, dictation, oral interview, written examExpectations
Students are expected to:• speak French to teacher and to classmates at all times
• bring textbook, workbook, binder and dictionary to every class
• refer to wiki course calendar on a regular basis and especially when absent
• expose themselves to as much French as possible: radio, TV, newspapers/magazines, internet, DVDs
• maintain an organized binder with the following sections:
Références: reference pages, thematic lists, personal vocabulary journal
Unités: grammar notes, exercises, activities, and other practice
Évaluations: corrected tests and quizzes, and other assignments
Verbes: notes, practice pages, verb exercises
Culture: Allons-y magazines, readings, songs, recipes, etc.
STUDENT RESOURCES
• On y va 1: textbook, workbook
• French/English Dictionary
• Allons-y magazine (each student has a subscription; magazines distributed in class)
• http://www.quia.com/pages/fre7.html : games and drills for individual reinforcement, posted by teachers from our department.
• Jeunesse en action: student DVD distributed in class, word list, play
Thinking Ahead
• what would you like to accomplish in French by June 2010 (other than an excellent mark in FRE 7)? How will you know you’ve got there?Bonne Rentrée!